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Ok!  I will accept it is needed in some venues, but when I order a pint I like to see it poured at a 45 degree angle forming into a nice head when it is presented. When it gets thrown into a glass in three seconds it looks like slop. I hope the three...
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This gives me the goose bumps every time I see it, reminds me of the times when I have nearly fallen through myself. There are lots of pubs out there with access to the cellar via a hatch behind the bar and there always seems to be nasty sharp metal objects to land on...
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Will the fast dispense beer tap take off in this country probably, perhaps not just yet. These taps originate from America with a 99 dollar per tap lease. In this economic climate they will obviously be for use in high volume accounts. The agent in this country is fasttaps.co.uk the widget themselves fit onto...
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It’s not very often you call at a pub and they have all the different sizes side by side. Thought I would take a picture. There are a couple of sizes smaller that are missing 20ltr and 30ltr and of course the hogs head (54 gal) for example. But how small or how big...
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Why is my Carling Flat? Are there different Carling glasses? We often get asked these questions. As we don’t work for them it is a difficult one for us to answer. Thankfully A.O. does and he wrote an answer to a question in the forum explaining how it is. There are now 3 types...
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Beer has been brewed in this country for hundreds of years and will go on so, even though it has been messed up by the big boys with still more imports arriving every day. Why do we dispense beer so cold?….. To hide the bland taste. So it comes as a welcome relief when...
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